This is an analysis of the poem The Alchemist In The City that begins with:

My window shews the travelling clouds,
Leaves spent, new seasons, alter'd sky, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fcfc ghgh ijij jkjk cjcj jiji ajajXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101001 11110101 01010101 01110111 111111010 11110111 110100110 11010001 11010101 11110001 01011111 11011100 11010111 01000101 11010111 01011101 10011101 001001101 11110111 110010111 11110101 10101101 110100100 11010001 11110101 01011011 11010101 11010101 010101101 01100101 11000101 11110001 11110111 11110001 110101001 11110100 11011101 111100101 11010011 11010101 1101111 10011111 11010101 01110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, then are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i, then, or are repeated.

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